Games like Profession investigator
If Profession investigator is your kind of game, the closest matches are Uncover the Smoking Gun, The Operator and No Case Should Remain Unsolved — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Profession investigator: Profession Investigator is an immersive simulator with a text-based interface in which you have to deal with real criminal cases. The game uses materials from court archives and specialized literature.
Players who liked Profession investigator also play
Steam players who put hours into Profession investigator also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Uncover the Smoking Gun
WHY THIS
Top pick for Profession investigator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Profession investigator.
A Battle of Wits with AI: Solve the case by conversing with a suspect robot using GPT to gather evidence. What single truth emerges from countless dialogues and pieces of information?
The Operator
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Profession investigator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Profession investigator.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
No Case Should Remain Unsolved
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Profession investigator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Profession investigator.
Twelve years after Senior Inspector Jeon Gyeong's retirement, she is visited by a young police officer: a woman who pleads with her to reexamine Seowon's case. But with each uncovered memory, only one thing becomes clear: everyone in Seowon's vicinity was lying.
Confidential Killings - A Detective Game
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Profession investigator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Profession investigator.
A series of murders is shocking Hollywood! Use your detective skills: search the crime scene, find clues, solve the mystery. Who is pulling the strings behind these Confidential Killings?
Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Profession investigator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Profession investigator.
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Telling Lies
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Profession investigator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Profession investigator.
Four private lives. One big lie. Search through secretly recorded video conversations to discover the truth. The successor to the acclaimed Her Story.
Heavy Rain
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Profession investigator fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Adventure with Profession investigator.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Profession investigator at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Profession investigator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Profession investigator.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Profession investigator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Profession investigator.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Profession investigator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Profession investigator.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Profession investigator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Profession investigator.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~62% under Profession investigator on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Profession investigator.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~92% under Profession investigator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Profession investigator.
Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~77% under Profession investigator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Profession investigator.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
OneShot
WHY THIS
Priced ~54% under Profession investigator on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Profession investigator.
OneShot is a surreal top down Puzzle/Adventure game with unique gameplay capabilities. You are to guide a child through a mysterious world on a mission to restore its long-dead sun. The world knows you exist.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Profession investigator.
The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Profession investigator.
Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Profession investigator.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Profession investigator.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Profession investigator.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Profession investigator.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Profession investigator.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
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Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
The Operator
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie and Adventure with Profession investigator.
Welcome to the FDI. As our newest Operator, your role is to use your detective skills to assist our field agents and investigate mysterious crimes. Use cutting-edge FDI software to dig for clues, solve puzzles, and uncover the truth.
Kindaichi Mystery Series: The Honjin Murders
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Profession investigator.
Famous detective Kosuke Kindaichi's first case, the Honjin Murder Mystery. Honjin descendant Kenzo Ichiyanagi and his new wife Katsuko Kubo lay dead in a bed of blood on the night of their wedding. Kosuke Kindaichi searches for the truth about this locked room murder mystery. However...
Heavy Rain
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Adventure with Profession investigator.
Experience a gripping psychological thriller filled with innumerable twists and turns. The hunt is on for a murderer known only as the Origami Killer. Four characters, each following their own leads, must take part in a desperate attempt to prevent the killer from claiming a new victim.
Frequently asked about Profession investigator
- How much does Profession investigator cost?
- Profession investigator is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Profession investigator?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Profession investigator are Uncover the Smoking Gun, The Operator, No Case Should Remain Unsolved.
- Who developed Profession investigator?
- Profession investigator was developed by Indie-Geek.
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